I'm It

My adorable, and practically famous cousin Alex over at It's A Love Story tagged me. I figure I oughta deliver. Is oughta even a word? Spell check doesn't think so, but my home town does. And so do I. So per Alex's request, here is my 2-part tag starting with the top 10 things that make me oh so happy.

Happiness To Me Is:

10. A clean house. See the previous post and the following before/after pictures...

during finals:

after finals: ahhhhhh

9. Being around family. Nobody gets you like family does. I always feel that my true laugh comes out around family and that all my other laughs aren't quite as genuine.

8. Being finished with this semester. It was such a relief to walk away from ASU campus today and not look back. For a whole month! Holler.

7. Skype. You see my very best friend and her baby live far away but with Skype I can be in their living room in seconds!

6. Screen shopping. It's like window shopping but online. I don't really buy anything, ever, just look.

5. Mail. Real mail. I love opening up the mailbox and finding something for me. It's like I really do exist if I get mail!

4. Mashed potatoes. This is my ultimate comfort food. When I'm down in the dumps, or not feeling well, or when I need to celebrate, I go for the mashed. Can't live with out them.

3. Really good photography.

2. Long scooter rides with my hair blowing in the wind. I love riding stuff, like horses, boats, riding in airplanes, but the scooter with C takes the cake.

1. C. Loving him takes no effort.

Now for part 2

A few honest facts about myself.

10. If I could go back and do everything all over again, I would major in something completely different, go to a very different college/university, and do a totally different song and dance. The only thing I wouldn't change about the last 3 years is falling in love and getting married.

9. I want to do/be about 10 million things when I grow up. Here are a few:

Plan weddings, big occasions, and parties.

Open a restaurant.

Run a book store.

Create my own clothing line.

Be an amazing photographer.

Be on Broadway.

Be famous for my hair.

Be an esthetician.

8. I have dreams. Big ones. In the next 2 years I want to graduate from ASU, pass my board exam, become a licensed music therapist, save enough money to buy children, lose 15 pounds and cut my hair like this;

7. I don't like my hair color. I wish it were A COLOR. I don't like that it's not black, or brown, or blonde. It's somewhere in between. And I know, I know, somebody wishes they had my color of hair.

6. I did most things when I was in high school because my brother Sherrod did them when he was in high school. Soccer. Show Choir. Rollerblading. Hurdles/track. Yep, I'm a poser. And a completely large fan of my brothers. All 4 of them.

5. I blog stalk. Bad. And sometimes it leaves me depressed because I see all of these amazing women with these big families, and the girls are skinny and beautiful, and they're crafty and their house is clean, and if I'm not careful I blog stalk my way into depression. Then I remember, people get to choose what they put on a blog. It's not reality. We only see what people want us to see on a blog. I'm guilty of it. Why do you think I never post pictures of my house or my stomach?! Because I don't want you to see my dirty house or my flubby stomach! Rant over.

4. When I go jogging my legs itch. Coll gets embarrassed because they itch so bad that I have no other choice than to stick my hand up the leg of my pants and scratch.

3. I think people with psychotic disorders are awesome. I love learning about them and what goes on in their brain. It's fascinating.

2. I've never read a single page of the Twilight series. Chances are, I will in about 5 years. But I just can't bring myself to jump on right now.

1. I'm chubby, none of my pants fit me anymore, my house is hardly ever clean, my car is even worse, we buy our furniture from Ikea and walmart and get most of our stuff from thrift stores, I honk loudly when I blow my nose, I'm average at all the things people think I'm good at, I only pretend to have any sense of style, I haven't been grocery shopping in 2 months, I shave my legs on average twice a month, I only teach dance because I teach 3-9 year olds who would never know I actually stink at dancing, I can't have children, I'm not always nice, sometimes I do the smallest thing possible for visiting teaching, I'm never organized, rarely on time, and I haven't had a good tan since I was 12. Why do I tell you all of this? Because this was an honesty tag, and I want all of you who read this to catch a glimpse of the real me, not the me I like to front on so many posts. Somebody who is TOTALLY imperfect. But somebody who is happy. Just to make any of you who might be feeling bad after a couple hours or blog stalking, and seeing beautiful, glamourous photos, here's a picture of me that should make you grateful for who you are! Enjoy.

I hereby tag just a few of my favorites:

Markee from Stoney's Stones

Karen from The Martins

Kate from Kate Line Photography

Tami from Love Love Love

Whitney from Ach and Winnie

Lauri from Putting My Two Cents In

Sarah from Martin Momentos